Chuck Collins

Oligarch Watch columnist Chuck Collins is author of the new book, Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet (The New Press). He directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he coedits Inequality.org. His previous books include The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions, Born on Third Base, and, with Bill Gates Sr., Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes.

How the Super-Rich Can Kickstart the Green Economy

How the Super-Rich Can Kickstart the Green Economy How the Super-Rich Can Kickstart the Green Economy

A surcharge on luxury consumption would curb emissions and help communities make the jump to clean energy.

Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati

Retirement Benefits Are Rigged to Favor the Rich

Retirement Benefits Are Rigged to Favor the Rich Retirement Benefits Are Rigged to Favor the Rich

Wealthy CEOs are sheltering too much of their pay. A cap could fund long-term care for all seniors.

Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati

Want Debt-Free College? Tax the Rich.

Want Debt-Free College? Tax the Rich. Want Debt-Free College? Tax the Rich.

A 1 percent tax on concentrated wealth would erase student debt over a decade and bring the cost of public higher education to zero.

Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati

Offshore Tax Havens Are Strangling Local Government

Offshore Tax Havens Are Strangling Local Government Offshore Tax Havens Are Strangling Local Government

The super-rich have stashed more than $1 trillion overseas. Bringing it home would help restore poor communities.

Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati

How US Tax Policy Encourages Outrageous CEO Compensation

How US Tax Policy Encourages Outrageous CEO Compensation How US Tax Policy Encourages Outrageous CEO Compensation

This loophole will cost the federal treasury an estimated $50 billion over the next decade.

Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati

The Great Regression

The Great Regression The Great Regression

The decline of the progressive income tax and the rise of inequality.

Feb 6, 2013 / Feature / Sam Pizzigati and Chuck Collins

The Plutocracy Prevention Act The Plutocracy Prevention Act

One US billionaire has already passed away since the estate tax expired. Will Senate Democrats get it together to push for reform in reinstatement?

Jun 28, 2010 / Chuck Collins

How to Talk to a Tea Party Activist How to Talk to a Tea Party Activist

Some of the tea party's anger at the tax system is justified. We can find common ground with open-minded activists.

Apr 14, 2010 / Chuck Collins

An Epoch Named! An Epoch Named!

Your submissions to the Name Our Epoch contest were awesome: The Age of Avarice, The Crassical Period, The Bling Bang, The New Steal. And the winner is....

Jan 16, 2009 / Feature / Chuck Collins and Sam Pizzigati

A Fair Plan to Pay for Economic Recovery A Fair Plan to Pay for Economic Recovery

The corporations that rigged the casino economy and CEOs and investors who profited at our expense should bear the recovery costs.

Sep 19, 2008 / Feature / Chuck Collins

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